Delroy Lindo biography and movies
On the stage and on the big screen, Delroy Lindo projects a powerful presence that is almost impossible to ignore. Alhough it was not his first film role, his portrayal of the bipolar numbers boss West Indian Archie in Spike Lee's Malcolm X (1992) is what first attracted attention to Lindo's considerable talents. Since then, his star has slowly been on the rise.The son of Jamaican parents, Lindo was born and raised in Lewisham, England, United Kingdom, until his teens when he and his mother moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A little later, they moved to the United States, where Lindo would graduate from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. After graduation, Lindo landed his first film role, that of an Army sergeant in More American Graffiti (1979). However, he did not appear in another film for ten years. In the meantime, Lindo worked on stage and, in 1982, debuted on Broadway in 'Master Harold and the Boys' directed by the play's author, Athol Fugard. In 1988, Lindo earned a Tony nomination for his portrayal of Harald Loomis in Joe Turner's Come and Gone.Though he was obviously a talented actor with a bright future, Lindo's career stalled. Wanting someone more aggressive and appreciative of his talents, Lindo changed agents (he'd had the same one through most of his early career). It was a smart move, but it was director Spike Lee who provided the boost Lindo's career needed. The director was impressed enough with Lindo to cast him as patriarch Woody Carmichael in Lee's semi-autobiographical comedy Crooklyn (1994).For Lindo, 1996 was a big year. He landed major supporting roles in six features, including a heavy in Barry Sonnenfeld's Get Shorty (1995), another villainous supporting role in Lee's Clockers (1995), and still another bad guy in Feeling Minnesota (1996). Lest one believe that Lindo is typecast into forever playing drug lords and gangsters, that year he also played baseball player Leroy 'Satchel' Paige in the upbeat Soul of the Game (1996) (TV) (a.k.a. Baseball in Black and White), for which he won a NAACP Image Award nomination. Since then, the versatile Lindo has shown himself equally adept at playing characters on both sides of the law. In 1997, he played an angel opposite Holly Hunter in Danny Boyle's offbeat romantic fantasy A Life Less Ordinary (1997) and, in 2009, a vengeful cop in an episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999).

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Rate: 6.9 Dugs Special Mission

Year: 2009

Genres: Short, Animation

Director: Ronaldo Del Carmen

Artists: Delroy Lindo, Jerome Ranft, Bob Peterson


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Rate: 8.4 Up

Year: 2009

Genres: Adventure, Family, Animation, Drama

Director: Pete Docter

Artists: Josh Cooley, Jess Harnell, Donald Fullilove, Danny Mann, Mickie McGowan, Jeremy Leary, Elie Docter, David Kaye, John Ratzenberger, Jerome Ranft, Delroy Lindo, Bob Peterson, Jordan Nagai, Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer


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Rate: 9.7 This Christmas

Year: 2007

Genres: Romance, Drama, Comedy

Director: Preston A. Whitmore II

Artists: Keith Robinson, Chris Brown, Loretta Devine, Idris Elba, Delroy Lindo


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Rate: 9.7 This Christmas

Year: 2007

Genres: Romance, Drama, Comedy

Director: Preston A. Whitmore II

Artists: Keith Robinson, Chris Brown, Loretta Devine, Idris Elba, Delroy Lindo


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Rate: 5.3 This Christmas

Year: 2007

Genres: Romance, Drama, Comedy

Director: Preston A. Whitmore II

Artists: Loretta Devine, Idris Elba, Chris Brown, Keith Robinson, Delroy Lindo


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Rate: 9.7 This Christmas

Year: 2007

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Preston A. Whitmore II

Artists: Keith Robinson, Chris Brown, Loretta Devine, Idris Elba, Delroy Lindo


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Rate: 5.3 This Christmas

Year: 2007

Genres: Romance, Drama, Comedy

Director: Preston A. Whitmore II

Artists: Loretta Devine, Idris Elba, Chris Brown, Keith Robinson, Delroy Lindo


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Rate: 7.5 Kidnapped S01E01: Pilot

Year: 2006

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Michael Dinner

Artists: Otto Sanchez, Mykelti Williamson, Linus Roache, Timothy Hutton, Delroy Lindo


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Rate: 7.5 Kidnapped S01E02: Special Delivery

Year: 2006

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Michael Dinner

Artists: Otto Sanchez, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Hutton, Linus Roache, Mykelti Williamson


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Rate: 7.5 Kidnapped S01E03: Sorry, Wrong Number

Year: 2006

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Michael W. Watkins

Artists: Otto Sanchez, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Hutton, Linus Roache, Mykelti Williamson


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Rate: 7.5 Kidnapped S01E04: Number One With A Bullet

Year: 2006

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Michael Pressman

Artists: Otto Sanchez, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Hutton, Linus Roache, Mykelti Williamson


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Rate: 7.5 Kidnapped S01E05: Burn, Baby, Burn

Year: 2006

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Oz Scott

Artists: Otto Sanchez, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Hutton, Linus Roache, Mykelti Williamson


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Rate: 7.5 Kidnapped S01E06: My Heart Belongs To Daddy

Year: 2006

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Nelson McCormick

Artists: Delroy Lindo, Otto Sanchez, Timothy Hutton, Linus Roache, Mykelti Williamson


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Rate: 7.5 Kidnapped S01E07: Front Page

Year: 2006

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Darnell Martin

Artists: Otto Sanchez, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Hutton, Linus Roache, Mykelti Williamson


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Rate: 7.5 Kidnapped S01E08: Gone Fishing

Year: 2006

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Jean de Segonzac

Artists: Otto Sanchez, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Hutton, Linus Roache, Mykelti Williamson


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Rate: 7.5 Kidnapped S01E09: Do Unto Others

Year: 2006

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Peter Werner

Artists: Otto Sanchez, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Hutton, Linus Roache, Mykelti Williamson


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Rate: 7.5 Kidnapped S01E10: Impasse

Year: 2006

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Alex Chapple

Artists: Otto Sanchez, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Hutton, Linus Roache, Mykelti Williamson


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Rate: 7.5 Kidnapped S01E11: Mutiny

Year: 2006

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Jace Alexander

Artists: Otto Sanchez, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Hutton, Linus Roache, Mykelti Williamson


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Rate: 7.5 Kidnapped S01E12: Acknowledgement

Year: 2006

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Tony Goldwyn

Artists: Otto Sanchez, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Hutton, Linus Roache, Mykelti Williamson


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Rate: 7.5 Kidnapped S01E13: Resolution

Year: 2006

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Jeff Bleckner

Artists: Otto Sanchez, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Hutton, Linus Roache, Mykelti Williamson


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Rate: 5.9 Sahara

Year: 2005

Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Action

Director: Breck Eisner

Artists: Lennie James, Lambert Wilson, Matthew McConaughey, Rainn Wilson, Delroy Lindo


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Rate: 5.9 Domino

Year: 2005

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Action, Drama

Director: Tony Scott

Artists: Keira Knightley, Mena Suvari, Mickey Rourke, Delroy Lindo, Brian Austin Green


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Rate: 5.6 The One

Year: 2001

Genres: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action

Director: James Wong

Artists: James Morrison, Carla Gugino, Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham


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Rate: 9.7 Ransom

Year: 1996

Genres: Crime, Thriller

Director: Ron Howard

Artists: Delroy Lindo, Gary Sinise, Brawley Nolte, Rene Russo, Mel Gibson


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